# Kitty Carlisle has died at 96 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 18, 2007, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitty-carlisle-has-died-at-96/400676 "2007-04-18T20:05:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitty-carlisle-has-died-at-96/400676/21 "2007-04-19T00:30:03Z")
[QUOTE=ASAKMOTSD] Kitty Carlisle, Bill Cullen, Peggy Cass and \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. [/QUOTE] Bill Cullen, that’s the name. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitty-carlisle-has-died-at-96/400676/22 "2007-04-19T00:40:58Z")
[QUOTE=ASAKMOTSD] Kitty Carlisle, Bill Cullen, Peggy Cass and \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. [/QUOTE] Orson Bean. Is that the one? Or are you thinking of Gene Rayburn? ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitty-carlisle-has-died-at-96/400676/23 "2007-04-19T00:42:34Z")
She apparently kept her wits about her til close to the end; when I was in Atlanta in November she was appearing in a one woman show at the Alliance Theater. I would love to have seen it but didn’t know about it in time for tickets. (I understand she even discussed previous taboo things like her husband’s homosexuality and the McCarthy hearings.) ---
**Author:** ![waits](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df788c/32.png) [@waits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waits)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitty-carlisle-has-died-at-96/400676/24 "2007-04-19T02:06:47Z")
[QUOTE=ASAKMOTSD] Kitty Carlisle, Bill Cullen, Peggy Cass and \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. [/QUOTE] Tom Poston. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitty-carlisle-has-died-at-96/400676/25 "2007-04-19T02:15:54Z")
A few years ago I read a magazine article about what she had been up to. I was very suprised to hear that she was still alive and kicking. I too remember her from What’s My Line. I only hope that I can live such a long life, although I must say that if an oracle were to tell me that I would live another 53 years, I would be ecstatic, but also in complete awe of that fact. But, damn, I would love to be around that much longer to see what amazing (or horrific) things that the human race would come up with! ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitty-carlisle-has-died-at-96/400676/26 "2007-04-19T02:52:33Z")
[QUOTE=ASAKMOTSD] Kitty Carlisle, Bill Cullen, Peggy Cass and \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. [/QUOTE] Wasn’t the 4th guest someone who rotated in and out? I seem to recall Bennet Cerf was always there, but the 4th guest was always someone like Steve Allen, Orson Bean or Bill Cullen. And I’m showing too much age, but it was Dorothy Killgallen before Peggy Cass. ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitty-carlisle-has-died-at-96/400676/27 "2007-04-19T02:57:24Z")
So sorry to hear that, but it’s wonderful that she lived such a long productive life! Each time I saw her on To Tell The Truth, I was amazed by her class and beauty, and I really enjoyed her humor! ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitty-carlisle-has-died-at-96/400676/28 "2007-04-19T03:01:18Z")
For the past decade, when Mom & I did our annual L.A. visit to my brother, she would usually be performing. I kept mentioning going to see her & it kept being vetoed. Good Bye, Kitty, and God bless! ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitty-carlisle-has-died-at-96/400676/29 "2007-04-19T03:35:42Z")
And now, I really miss **Eve** not posting, because I’d be willing to bet that **Eve** has some great stories about her. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitty-carlisle-has-died-at-96/400676/30 "2007-04-19T05:28:35Z")
Has it been revealed who the other party in the bar fight was where Ms. Carlisle Hart died? Rumor says Gloria Stuart, but Olivia de Havilland was seen acting mysteriously a few blocks away and with a bloody lace and silk glove in her Bronco. (Those 90 something upscale female biker bars are bad news.) ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitty-carlisle-has-died-at-96/400676/31 "2007-04-19T05:50:14Z")
[QUOTE=Sampiro] Has it been revealed who the other party in the bar fight was where Ms. Carlisle Hart died? Rumor says Gloria Stuart, but Olivia de Havilland was seen acting mysteriously a few blocks away and with a bloody lace and silk glove in her Bronco. (Those 90 something upscale female biker bars are bad news.) [/QUOTE] Only you or Eve could’ve come up with something that diabolical AND gotten away with it! ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitty-carlisle-has-died-at-96/400676/32 "2007-04-19T09:40:08Z")
Did I see here on Good Morning America (or its ilk) a age 90-something? She was in a leotard and did a split, to promote elder physical fitness. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitty-carlisle-has-died-at-96/400676/33 "2007-04-19T14:53:10Z")
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan] And now, I really miss **Eve** not posting, because I’d be willing to bet that **Eve** has some great stories about her. [/QUOTE] I miss her. With all the asperity and attitude-mongering that has gone on lately here, it’s like one was a constant reader (;)) of Dorothy Parker’s column, then flipped one’s newspaper open one day to find out that they have dropped it and substituted Rush Limbaugh. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitty-carlisle-has-died-at-96/400676/34 "2007-04-19T15:00:13Z")
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan] And now, I really miss **Eve** not posting, because I’d be willing to bet that **Eve** has some great stories about her. [/QUOTE] I’ve been awaiting **Eve** ’s post since I heard the news. I hope one is forthcoming. I don’t know how check this, but I imagine Kitty Carlisle was the last surviving Marx Brothers co-star. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitty-carlisle-has-died-at-96/400676/35 "2007-04-19T15:04:21Z")
I think Eve is on hiatus. ---
**Author:** ![mambocrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@mambocrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mambocrow)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitty-carlisle-has-died-at-96/400676/36 "2007-04-19T15:15:00Z")
[QUOTE=ASAKMOTSD] Kitty Carlisle, Bill Cullen, Peggy Cass and \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. [/QUOTE] Henry Morgan? Ralph Bellamy? ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitty-carlisle-has-died-at-96/400676/37 "2007-04-19T15:20:12Z")
[QUOTE=Paul in Saudi] Did I see here on Good Morning America (or its ilk) a age 90-something? She was in a leotard and did a split, to promote elder physical fitness. [/QUOTE] I believe that was her, though I didn’t see the program you mention. I recall reading once that she started each day with exercises and was very flexible and did things like lifting her feet above her head while on the floor, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitty-carlisle-has-died-at-96/400676/38 "2007-04-19T19:33:41Z")
[QUOTE=Paul in Saudi] Did I see here on Good Morning America (or its ilk) a age 90-something? She was in a leotard and did a split, to promote elder physical fitness. [/QUOTE] Did they also show footage of her getting up, or just tactfully go to commercial? According to Wiki and some obits, her boyfriend of the past few decades is a [megamillionaire banker](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Neuberger) who’s still alive at 104. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitty-carlisle-has-died-at-96/400676/39 "2007-04-19T19:46:55Z")
The line-up from my childhood was “Tom Poston, Peggy Cass, Orson Bean, and Kitty Carlisle–and the host of _To Tell the Truth_, Bud Collier.” ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitty-carlisle-has-died-at-96/400676/40 "2007-04-19T21:18:00Z")
[QUOTE=Dr. Rieux] The line-up from my childhood was “Tom Poston, Peggy Cass, Orson Bean, and Kitty Carlisle–and the host of _To Tell the Truth_, Bud Collier.” [/QUOTE] Right. And \*What’s My Line? \*was Arlene Frances, Bennett Cerf, Dorothy Kilgallen, and . . . sometimes Kitty Carlisle, sometimes Henry Morgan, or several others. And the host was John Charles Daly. Am I the only person who remembers Dorothy Kilgallen? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitty-carlisle-has-died-at-96/400676.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitty-carlisle-has-died-at-96/400676.md?page=3)